Make natural soap for fun. Just like baking a cake, you can choose to start with a kit or make it from scratch. Easy soap making methods can be as simple as "melt and pour" or a more involved mixing of fat, lye and water. No matter what method you choose, you can have fun experimenting with fragrances, essential oils or herbs, and colors. Be artistic! Be creative!
Melt and Pour is easy and safe enough for kids to do. Soap bases could be goat milk, honey, glycerin, olive & aloe, oatmeal, shea butter or any other base you can find on the market. Each one has different qualities, so choose the one that is best for you.
To make a bar soap, melt the soap base completely, stirring frequently, then add the other ingredients. Choose your own fragrances, colors, or essential oils. Then pour the soap into the molds and allow it to cool. Don't worry about getting it right the first time -- you can re-melt and try again.
For a more advanced creative process, you can make soap with fat, water, and lye. This method requires a little more equipment, time and knowledge. Safety first: Keep in mind that lye is a caustic agent and requires special handling. Always use eye protection and rubber gloves when handling it, and don't let it touch your skin or clothing. Also, lye will damage aluminum and Formica, so keep it off table tops and counters. There are many great sources that describe this process in more detail. Just search the Internet for "make natural soap."
Many people choose to make bar soap for different reasons. Some people do it to save money. Those fancy soaps that look and smell pretty as well as soften your skin get to be rather expensive. Others make a business out of it.
It is environmentally friendly to make natural soap at home instead of buying soap from the store that was made in a pollution creating soap factory. Back before WWI people used to make soap at home from the fats left over from cooking. At that time, they used to buy cans of lye to make bar soap. Prior to that, people made lye from wood ashes.
The move toward sustainable living also has some healthy side effects. Skin is the largest organ of your body and taking care of it is important. By making your own soap, you know exactly what's going on your skin. If you are allergic to one ingredient, simply substitute another. You can make vegetarian soap using vegetable fats instead of than animal fats.
Fun, flexible and creative, not to mention healthy and economical -- that's what making your own soap is all about. With so many easy soap-making recipes available, you're sure to find a way to make your own unique soap. Anyone can do it.
Melt and Pour is easy and safe enough for kids to do. Soap bases could be goat milk, honey, glycerin, olive & aloe, oatmeal, shea butter or any other base you can find on the market. Each one has different qualities, so choose the one that is best for you.
To make a bar soap, melt the soap base completely, stirring frequently, then add the other ingredients. Choose your own fragrances, colors, or essential oils. Then pour the soap into the molds and allow it to cool. Don't worry about getting it right the first time -- you can re-melt and try again.
For a more advanced creative process, you can make soap with fat, water, and lye. This method requires a little more equipment, time and knowledge. Safety first: Keep in mind that lye is a caustic agent and requires special handling. Always use eye protection and rubber gloves when handling it, and don't let it touch your skin or clothing. Also, lye will damage aluminum and Formica, so keep it off table tops and counters. There are many great sources that describe this process in more detail. Just search the Internet for "make natural soap."
Many people choose to make bar soap for different reasons. Some people do it to save money. Those fancy soaps that look and smell pretty as well as soften your skin get to be rather expensive. Others make a business out of it.
It is environmentally friendly to make natural soap at home instead of buying soap from the store that was made in a pollution creating soap factory. Back before WWI people used to make soap at home from the fats left over from cooking. At that time, they used to buy cans of lye to make bar soap. Prior to that, people made lye from wood ashes.
The move toward sustainable living also has some healthy side effects. Skin is the largest organ of your body and taking care of it is important. By making your own soap, you know exactly what's going on your skin. If you are allergic to one ingredient, simply substitute another. You can make vegetarian soap using vegetable fats instead of than animal fats.
Fun, flexible and creative, not to mention healthy and economical -- that's what making your own soap is all about. With so many easy soap-making recipes available, you're sure to find a way to make your own unique soap. Anyone can do it.
About the Author:
Jen Hopkins has worked in the skin care industry for years. She maintains websites about how to make homemade soap, and organic soap making. If you want to contact her, you can use the contact form at one of her sites.
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